But things that are intrinsically good can also become idols-if we allow them to take over any of God's functions in our lives.

I discovered that Christianity does have the resources to meet the challenges posed by competing worldviews after all.

My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.

Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

Mitchell claimed that her materialist view leads to “humbleness.” But it is not humbling; it is dehumanizing. It essentially reduces humans to robots.

When people commit themselves to a certain vision of reality, it becomes their ultimate explainer. It serves to interpret the universe for them, to guide their moral decisions, to give meaning and purpose to life, and all the other functions normally associated with a religion.

A merely symbolic religion does not threaten the ruling regime of materialistic science.